[Offense] Vampire's Realm

[sonofjay]

Well since I was able to release Chaos Arena 1.1b a few days ago, I just want to take a break for a while and start a small project.

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Map Info:

Author: SonofJay
Map type: Offensive
Players: 4 max
Map size: 7-8mb
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Team:
SonofJay - Lead Terrainer, Lead designer, object editor.
Valkemiere - Lead Spell Maker
J0k3r - Helper: Coder
BuyYou - Helper: Bug Fixing
Toma - Helper: Animator
Kisuke Uruhara - Helper: Modeler
Chaosy - Helper: Spell Maker
Everyone can be a beta tester.
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About:

Vampire's Realm is the first part of my 3 part project series for Warcraft 3, Realm.
The first part is about a Vampire Lord and his minion slaughtering a whole village.
The King of Altervan sent 4 heroes to terminate this threat.

Gameplay:

The gameplay will be similar to Blizzard's Diablo 3, means it focus really on mass killing of units with your spells and acquiring items to help you on the way.

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Classes:

As of now there are currently 4 classes I'll be focusing on this classes first before I do the planned 8 classes.

Crusader

ArcBishop"

Professor"

Ranger"

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Role:

Crusader's main role is to tank, he'll have high hp and armor, a good amount of physical damage and buffs to help him survive more and a few AoE damage spell to handle the crowd. Crusader will have a hard time tanking without a Damage Dealer to clean all the enemies.

Good:

-Handling Crowds.
-High HP

Bad:

-Lacks mobiles due to slow movement speed.
-Can't handle boss due to lack of stun ability.

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Exclusive model for
the project made by
Kisuke and animated
by Toma
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Role:

Bishop's main role is to support the team with her buff spells and its high healing ability. A bishop have no damage spells and have a really weak raw damage so its more likely for a bishop to stay behind the enemy lines and should only focus on supporting its allies. It is very impossible to solo the game using Bishop.

Good:

-Healing and buffing ability.
-High amount of mana for buffing spam.

Bad:

-Low HP
-Low armor
-Low Physical Damage

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Role:

Wizard can always change the tide of any battles. Able to cast devastating spells to wipe an entire army a Wizard will surely fit with a Crusader around.


Good:

-AoE damage spells
-Have weak healing ability

Bad:

-Low HP
-Low Physical Damage

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This one is a reskin by ERYFKRAD
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Role:

Ranger's main role is to deal significant amount of physical damage to a target enemy, a ranger can also summon a pet to assist her in the battle keeping the ranger away from dealing damage. Ranger can also cast a medium damage AoE spell making her a must on any party.

Good:

-High Physical Damage
-High AS and MS
-Can summon pet
-Good mobility due to high MS

Bad:

-Very fragile


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Features:

• Fast Paced Battle
• Well Designed Terrain
• Custom Lightning System
• Classes with Unique Spells
• Its a damn series

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Screenshots

Terrain will really take a lot of time since the whole castle floor will be approximately 70% made using invisible platform.

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You can check out the album here: Clicky

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Author's Note:

The project is planned to be simple(other than the terrain), no fancy system that will make you cry etc. I just made this because of my pure love on terraining on the first place. Ideas just popped up as I progress on the terrain and receive offers from my friends that they will help me on this one.

Suggestions are welcome but keep in mind, i'm keeping this one as simple as possible.
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Here is a small banner if someone cares to support this.

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P.S.

For god sake please don't ask me about twilight.

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Logs
11/24/12 Thread created
11/26/12 Added 2 in-game pics on the album ("7" , "8")
11/27/12 Added Chaosy on the Team/Helper
11/29/12 Added In-game Screenshot "9"
12/3/12 Added In-game Screenshot ("10" , "11")
12/3/12 Added SC Image "1"
12/6/12 Added In-game Screenshot ("12" , "13")
12/9/12 Added In-game Screenshot ("14" , "15" , "16" , "17")
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[Da Fist]

A simple game with good terrain. Not much to say this moment. Is there an early gameplay screenshot? I would like to take a peek on what will be the outcome of this project.

-Da Fist-

P.S.
The professor looks like Vivi! ( Can I haz link? )

The banner has a ragnarok character on it!

(Brain overloooooad~).

 

[sonofjay]

Its too early I guess, I already told this to my team that this will be the way I'll work on this one.

Here is the quote from the original thread on chaosrealm.

I'll be doing the terrain first just to make sure that we won't make spells and systems on a unplayable map.

Second is the hero/unit/icon creation. As I feel that it needed to be done second on the terrain.

Third will be the spells and systems. Since this is probably will take a lot of time but failing to make some spells and systems will not demoralize us since the terrain and other contents are already made so we can try again on making spells over and over again until its totally done.

Fourth will be balancing testing etc. Well i'm confident on this layout because its based on my experience on what it took me so long on my other projects like TSoVE then dropped it(not totally drop TSoVE though I just love that project but its too big for one man.), its because I do a lot of things on the same time. :

Oh I'm the one who put that ragnarok character on that banner. Classes are inspired from RO and I'm also a RO player.

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About the model, i think you can find it here on Hive.

 

[Sin'dorei300]

Looks promising, i like everything but the bishop model's texture stands out too much imo. Anyway, gj, i'll be following this!

 

[sonofjay]

I know the bishop model have a bit of animeish texture, no actually it really is since the concept was taken on Ragnarok though I asked my Kisuke to at least do his best to make it look warcraftish and that is the result and really content about it.

Anyway thanks for the support still need to balance my time on updating chaos arena and working on this one.

 

[Chaosy]

The terrain looks nice and classes too. Tho the bishop model does not suit at all in my opionion. Anyways if you need some help you know where you can find me

 

[sonofjay]

Trust me guys that bishop model will shock you if you see it in-game, anims also rock. ;D

Of coarse any help will be appreciated, i'll contact you if I need something.

 

[moyackx]

Man!! I like the idea, I've been playing Diablo and trying to get the feel with new characters will give a new air to the idea.

I agree with Chaosy, bishop model is nice but it doesn't fit with the ambience and the other heroes. I'd suggest this model: http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/models-530/medic-113906/?prev=u=Tarrasque&r=20&d=list&page=2

 

[sonofjay]

Thanks man, about the bishop model, it was exclusively made for this project along with the needed animations that I asked them to make for the spells that I plan for the bishop class, actually it just need to be shaded more. Trust me guys the animations will kill anybody here. I'll just ask someone to shade it for a warcraftish style.

 

[moyackx]

well, if that's the case then no worries I'll be pending of this project too.

 

[HOooDy]

Click!

Those Tilesets are too bad. No Offense

 

[sonofjay]

I hope you know that those are not tiles. Not even a single tileset was used inside the castle. If you suggest a model that have a quality texture that I can use as a tile just link me.

 

[Drunken_Jackal]

The castle floor should be using some seamless texture.
Also, some models dont fit the overall style of the map.

If you need help in ideas/testing, you know what to do jay.

 

[sonofjay]

The floor will be covered with rubles, plywood and some other debris later. So I guess it will cover that monotone look of the floor.

 

[Heinvers]

I smell my next most favourite map!

Wow! I like your map, it'll be something very interesting. Lookin' forward to play it!

 

[Lordofth3cl4n]

woohoo looks really interesting i whould like to test it remind me diablo 1 rpg hack&Slash i love it keep going on great work

 

[gorillabull]

looks engaging but no anime pls

 

[sonofjay]

Please guys stop this issue about the bishop its getting annoying now, its not anime the texture was just a cell-shade if someone knows 2d art will understand that, as I said I'll ask someone to darken the texture to fit warcraft.

anyway i'm working on this part of the castle for almost 2 hours, tell me what you think.

Clicky

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Also I was working on this stair part of the main hall it looks good for me. Now i'ma ask for suggestion on what to put on that big empty spot, i was thinking to make some kind of a small fountain there using some block models and the water plain model but I feel that it looks awkward.

Clicky

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[Sin'dorei300]

Lovely!

 

[Gekigengar]

Besides the Tiles and character model,

Everything else looks beyond Excellent o.o

Dat Terraining skills..

Dat Cinematic feelings, dat Glow, dat lighting..EPIC..

xD Keep it up!

 

[sonofjay]

Dat comment. Lol

Anyway after Chaosy finish the spell pack for the Crusader class, i'll release a test map for you guys to full around and criticize the terrain and check out the spells. But still no gameplay just a test map

 

[Orcnet]

when will the demo map be released?

 

[sonofjay]

Most likely after Chaosy finished the spell pack for the Crusader.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Forget fountains, throw in a pentagram or something... or, if you can find tit, some kind of vampire tapestry thing.

 

[sonofjay]

Hmm so I disposed this fountain thingy and come up with this:

Editor Screenshot

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In-game Screenshot

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Tell me what you think, sorry if that is the only thing I can put today but I still feel tired after my b-day. Anyway since I feel bad about that so I made that part walkable/playable xD.

EDIT: Don't tell me its dark, I'll add torch(with lightning) there later

 

[Chaosy]

just saying that I have slowly started to work, got school stuff + I do in jass/vjass to learn so it will give SonofJay here a little more time to finish his terrain.
tho I will try to finish it this weekend

 

[ExecutorWar]

Hey! I see that you're busy doing this I'm looking forward to play this once it is finished.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

That there statue's a good touch.

Also, terrain needs more red. It's not vampiring without blood red stuff here and there.

 

[Drunken_Jackal]

^ Agreed
Also add some wood stuff and furnitures. Lighting stuff would be cool too, like torches and lamps.

 

[Vinz]

looks like it's gonna be a great map. nice

 

[ExecutorWar]

he's also fast in doing good terrains and designs. i want to be like jay.

anyway, since im on it can you guys give me links where can i find any good tilesets?

 

[sonofjay]

Well I only finished the hallway/entrance for a mini-boss room this weekend( i have some other stuffs to do D.

Here it is.

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It also shows the new camera system(a straight CnP camera from chaos arena xD i just adjusted the angle a little.)

 

[Drunken_Jackal]

Looks downright sexy. I think you can place some stuff on those shelf-things.
Plus, that long wooden plank makes you think that the path is sort of impassable.

 

[ExecutorWar]

thanks for motivating me jay, by then i do not want to learn any programming language because i'm always saying that it is very hard. but now i have the guts to try on it.

that area is sweet! and the lighting is great reminds me of diablo III warcraft

 

[sengjung123]

im actually looking forward to this. C:

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Needs moar red.

 

[sonofjay]

Already thought about that, i'ma use some blood model from the modern objects doodad pack.

 

[frostloh]

It's awesome the way it is now. The gloomy and long-abandoned look of the terrain is very fitting for a vampyfest. Now you just need a good soundtrack to fit if you have space and it'll be downright creepy...if you do decide to add some bloody doodads, try to tint them dark-brown, like dried blood, so that they won't look too bright.

Also, fork me if there ain't any spiders in this game...all those cobwebs practically require that you dedicate an entire area to them in my opinion

 

[sonofjay]

Hey thanks, the map still have large space for imports since the current map filesize is 2.44mb, but i'll think about the sound track when everything is finish. As long as the map filesize don't exceed the limit (and I believe it won't) I have no plan of protecting the map. Anyway about that spider thing well yeah

 

[Drunken_Jackal]

Default WarCraft 3 music are awesome. Try them out.

 

[sonofjay]

@DJ, hmm i'll check them out, but if you some recommendation of what war3 soundtrack just tell me.

Anyway halfway done on the mini-boss room. I also revamped the tiles on the first area(castle entrance), it now looks properly placed actually the same result can be seen on how the tileset looks like on this new screenshots. i might changed the currentscreenshots on main post on the updated one when I got some time.

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Tell me what you guys think.

 

[Chaosy]

Nice, but I think you need more dooads. More small dooads since it looks... empty and boring. But still nice 4/5

 

[sonofjay]

I'll most likely gonna add more rubles and other stuffs there. Just need to finish the terrain layout of the room first before totally decorating it.

Anyway thanks

 

[ic3_water]

Changes the tiles plz, my eye's hurt >.>

 

[sonofjay]

If you looked on the main post screenshot, then it will really hurt your eyes, I already fixed the placement of tiles and now looks good, i'ma update it when i got sometime to re-upload new pics. Also if you really mean those tile models, i can't find a better models to use as a tile than those.

 

[ic3_water]

If you looked on the main post screenshot, then it will really hurt your eyes, I already fixed the placement of tiles and now looks good, i'ma update it when i got sometime to re-upload new pics. Also if you really mean those tile models, i can't find a better models to use as a tile than those.

The light on brick, it looks unnatural

 

[sonofjay]

The light on brick, it looks unnatural

Oh I see, well.. i can't do anything about that, that is how the light model is working. I dunno if I can find any solution for that.

 

[Binsu]

This is really a nice project and yes from the looks of it is really like Diablo III. From the terrain, I can already see it. Well, Release a demo map before you upload the final for bug testing and I really love to play this.

 

[sonofjay]

Small updates guys. (sorry if this is the only update I can bring today, currently reading some light novels D

Finally finished the whole room for the mini-boss.

Editor Screenshot

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Here is the in-game screenshot of the last part of the boss room.

In-Game

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ALSO!

Here is the model for the mini-boss, model made by grunt! I'm really thankful that he decided to share it with me. Anyway its currently being animated by Toma.

I want to hear your opinion about the texture, grunt didn't made the texture and I'm thinking of re-texturing it(just adjust the color to fit the theme) or do you guys think its fine.

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Title:
Duke of The Cold Wastes

Also known as:
Dispater of Blood

Described as:
Thirsty, unstoppable and vicious.
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[morbent]

Hey that is really amazing